CVE-2012-3236 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GIMP versions prior to 2.8.1. A remote attacker can crash the application by providing a malformed .fit file with a specially crafted, long XTENSION header, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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